Fire Emblem: Unlimited Blade Works

Flames on the Blue

Shirou POV

After recruiting Morgan & Severa, we went all over the continent as quickly as we could & got together all of the other future kids that we could find. Considering there are still more, the obvious conclusion was that they were on Valm, & since we needed to get over there anyway, we all prepared for our next attack.

*Lucina, Davis, Chrom, Lissa, Robin, & Shirou stand on the deck of a ship*

Robin: Ah, take it all in! Breathtaking... Somehow our troubles feel a lifetime away out here.

Chrom: Yet in truth, we're headed straight toward them... I should be grateful the Plegians delivered us this fleet, as promised. But it's my first time on a vessel, & my legs... I never fancied myself a sea captain.

Lucina: This is my first voyage as well. In my time, all ships were destroyed. Smashed to pieces, along with their ports.

Shirou: You guys'll get used to it soon enough.

Chrom: Lucina... Something I've been meaning to ask... After you stopped Emm's assassination... Why didn't the three of you stay with us?

Lucina: I felt I had no other choice. I could not risk altering history any more than necessary. I sought only to divert events that directly led to Grima's return.

Lissa: Hey, so wait—what about the guys who tried to kill Chrom in the gardens? What would've happened if you didn't save him?

Davis: He would have been gravely wounded, & those wounds would have played a part in the tragedies to come.

Lissa: Whoa! Good thing you changed things, huh?

Lucina: If indeed they have changed... The river of time always favors its original course. Take the exalt's death... we stalled it, yes, but in the end we were not able to prevent it.

Chrom: ...You did what you could.

Lucina: I was so certain it was over. That I'd saved the world. But time simply found another way back to its course. Perhaps the task is simply too great... Perhaps if I'd done something differently? I replay events in my head, over & over...

Chrom: Don't. You did your best, & you saved me, after all.

Lucina: You're kind, Father. But nothing is certain... Another could take your life. Time could find a way...

Chrom: ...Do you know how I die?

Lucina: Only rumors... I was told you fell in a great battle, fought to sway your destiny. ...And that you were murdered— betrayed by someone dear to you.

*The Fell Grimoire glows for a split second & Robin gets a mild headache*

Robin: Nngh! Ah...

Chrom: Robin? What is it?

Robin: M-my head... I don't... F-forgive me. I'm fine.

Lucina: ...... After your murder & Grima's return, Davis & I took the names Marth & Siegfried as we fought back. I prayed to the Hero-King for a small part of the strength he used to save the world. But I need this subterfuge no longer. I choose to fight as Lucina now. The name that reminds me of the strength in the man & woman who chose it.

Davis: *Smirks* A strength shared by the woman who bears it.

*Frederick, Flavia, & Basilio enter*

Frederick: The pegasus knights report the Valmese fleet matches ours, ship for ship.

Chrom: Your tone tells me this is not good news.